SATS to GO! is a Bitcoin Ekasi initiated project, sparked by the experience of constant late arrivals.

It is an attempt to address this challenge and is spearheaded by our Project Coordinator, the incredibly talented nostr:npub1fcpmzcqvtpd0pzm37nq88qtuvjdhr2tl69rpyrspwqa2dmqs9gaq9css9y!

SATS to GO! is building a platform for Punctuality Rewards, utilizing the #Bitcoin Lightning Network, from login via LNURL-Auth to receiving SATS via LNULR-Withdraw!

This is a lightning powered solution which can (for example) not only track employees' attendance at work, but also provide them with incentive to be punctual, rewarded in sats!

And there are many other use cases!

First conceptualized at the BTrust Hackathon, in partnership with the nostr:npub1dtvscxrhj224un2yeqvca5y4tp8ly02u2ndpeggzl4xf63c5c6ws53wc6t, SATS to GO! was born in late 2023.

Development is continuing, slowly, but steadily, and is being worked on, part-time, by a group of volunteer #African Lightning Network developers and Bitcoin Core Contributors, all of whom are BTrust cohorts who have chosen work on SATS to GO! as a way to build their own Proof-of-Work portfolio.

And, thanks to them, we have a (very) early working product!!! See the video below.

Incredibly grateful to the people behind BTrust.

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🧡🙏

 https://video.nostr.build/da6fe4318ee0cde2af0ae8fb8589352a0b566b8615befeae3b4757d01ee5fb57.mp4


Beautiful 😍


Sub-Saharan Africa is dominating the African Bitcoin Ecosystem.💥

Here is our updated infographic for Q2 2024 now displayed on a map of our beautiful continent so you can see where the action is.

Slowly but surely, Bitcoin is bringing freedom to Africa.  https://bitcoiners.africa/african-bitcoin-ecosystem

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The fourth epoch is coming to an end. https://image.nostr.build/3e3d79856583b684ebff3648ea35951c83762df8ad2fd37f71679e8c1412d49d.jpg


Please correct me if I'm wrong, but is Jan Oberholzer, former COO of Eskom, the South African state-owned energy monopoly, not talking about stranded power here?

You mean to say that, in a country where there's regular scheduled power cuts, there's (potential) overproduction of electricity that's wasted due to a lack of transmission infrastructure?

The kind of electricity that could be used to,  I don't know..? Maybe mine #Bitcoin and generate profit, to re-invest in power infrastructure...

https://video.nostr.build/440749f37f3278f5bbc9b0286a15669aa2164843089a4a3e957025a814e95900.mp4


✨ NEW #BITCOIN VIDEO 🚀

"This African Town is living in the year 2030"

French, spanish, portuguese and hindi subs available—but plz ask for more!

#BitcoinCircularEconomy #BTC

Please share the crap out of this! And Zap! 💜 ⚡

https://youtu.be/wp2SonEgquQ


Yo, wazzup? 😎😎😎

Custom hoodie towels for The Surfer Kids, enabled by a Blocks and CashApp  #Bitcoin Discovery Grant!!

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🧡🙏

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If you have to hide behind pseudo-intellectual jargon to make your point, you probably don’t have a very strong argument.

The ability to explain simply and clearly is a sign that you actually understand what you’re talking about.

Big words often mask small ideas.

This is especially true when it comes to the topics of money and economics.


Biomass site setup this week. https://image.nostr.build/5557198dd767fda5410e3385246bdc2ae8dd8b7d629d99fe594f3fc210c7045c.jpg


Skate bowl construction continues. 2nd concrete pour today!

Enabled by a Blocks and CashApp  #Bitcoin Discovery Grant!!

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🧡🙏

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You don’t have a #Nostr account. You have a key that signs events, and you publish those events, and then anyone who wants to read those events can do so by retrieving them from anywhere they exist. There’s no one to turn it off, there’s no account to suspend or restrict. There is simply information flowing to and from you and everyone else who uses it. This puts the power of speech back in our hands.


how about the "why-don't-you-just-mind-your-own-business-web" ?


paid my kid a reward in sats for winning his first surf contest. he's saving for a 3d printer.


On average, I block about 3 scammer accounts on Twitter/X with every single post. I post. They comment. I block.

I know. It's pointless, they'll just keep coming, but I do it anyway.

And I suppose, eventually, that'll be an issue here too.

But for now, the serenity of coming here and not seeing posts about Bitcoin's pre-ordained bull run is pure bliss.


People read different things into different symbols. The clenched fist, to me, symbolizes freedom fighters of whatever kind taking their destiny into their own hands.

But I understand that it has other connotations too.


Fun fact:

The orange horns on our 'LaBitcoineta' #Bitcoin Land Cruiser are real Kudu horns and came from a bull that was hunted only days prior. When we painted the horns the skull was still moist after being skinned.

Kudu is a popular game animal and is often hunted to make biltong, a local cured meat delicacy.

On rare occasions, when Kudu bulls fight, they literally 'lock horns' with the spirals becoming entangled to the point that they cannot seperate.

If this happens, both males die of starvatiom.

The entire vehicle, including the horns element, was designed and executed by our incredibly talented in-house Special Projects Coordinator, nostr:npub1fcpmzcqvtpd0pzm37nq88qtuvjdhr2tl69rpyrspwqa2dmqs9gaq9css9y

Give him a follow!

https://image.nostr.build/61d3ef7d215107e0d33e320a416c06a5425656e298929be8f9d2636344a5418b.jpg


⚡SATS to GO! is a platform focusing on Punctuality Rewards utilizing the lightning network from login via LNURL-Auth to receiving SATS via LNULR-Withdraw

Check it out 👇🏾👇🏾

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Teaching proof of work!

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Love it!! Gonna inspire the kids!!


Nah, just human power. Differentiation between races is a waste of time.


REALITY CHECK: I had the opportunity to meet some big creators the last days.

Been trying to nostrpill all of them.
There is an interest in having the community non ruggable.. but they don’t really worry about decentralization or being censored. Also they don’t care about zapping…

USABILITY and UX is THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR FOR THEM!

I got some interest from the interoperability of different apps on the protocol - but it’s still hard to understand for them.

For most people #nostr doesn’t solve a problem yet. Which is fine.. I think it’s just an important reality check and it makes you realize how early everything on nostr is right now. Most here did their POW - and if you read this you’re an #nostrOG

I just realized how fkn exciting it is to be part of a new technology emerging. We all see the work we need to do but also have the grand vision - which no one knows how it’s going to play out.

THE WORLD NEEDS NOSTR IT JUST DOESNT REALIZE IT YET


We'll keep posting updates and find out if there are!


Love you guys!!
🧡💥🤩🙌🏽🔥

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We're making the concrete sweat!

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I haven't got any links to online applications or anything... i guess they just pick the projects they like. What are you working on?


Happy 40th birthday to Ross Ulbricht. He deserves a Nobel Peace Prize, not a double life sentence + 40 years without the possibility of parole. #FreeRoss


100% we put a tent over it.


Yes, pull in!


Ross Ulbricht.


We're building a skate bowl!!! Pack your wheels, this is gonna be epic!

Enabled by a Blocks and CashApp  #Bitcoin Discovery Grant!!

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🧡🙏
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Thanks to everyone who zapped Avethandwa on Friday, he was super stoked!!!

All the #Bitcoin (23k sats) was paid to his wallet and your zaps amped him so much that he surfed his way into 2nd place in the u10 final!
 https://image.nostr.build/05ff038d2f2fef3fec0b0b2a2e7962e763ee67de75d86aad4666d7fea55e5885.jpg


Hectic, that's rough.


Thank you!🫡


GM! Controversial take:
#bitcoin is a store of value.
JPEGs are not. #meme #memstr
 https://video.nostr.build/9fa8c74f344a41daf7972b9f1c44019e650485ef23a1c482e211e472e98495ef.mp4


Avethandwa is only 9. But he surfs on his own. Paddles to the backline by himself and catches his own waves. He's independent in the water.

And he's competing in his first surf comp this weekend!!!

Plus he's got a #Bitcoin wallet.

What were you doing when you were 10?

All zaps from this post will go straight to Avethandwa, as a reward for his proof-of-work.

And to motivate him to keep working hard, and surf harder.
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Weekend vibes at The Surfer Kids HQ, Diaz Beach, Mossel Bay.

Surf, lunch and WSL Rip Curl Pro Portugal Finals, streamed live on a big screen TV!

Largely thanks to nostr:npub1zuwa6s76kxhs68a3gq5jsu2j5nyf995fpcrq0n670wnncula7xjspf0u37's Lekker Feeling Film, Fundraiser and renovations!

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No idea...


Absolutely.


Imagine being so delusional that you refuse cash payments, in a country where 75% of PoS payments by volume is cash based.

Never mind the bizarre rationalization of 'responsibility' and 'safety'... let's ignore that for a second.

One can sort of understand this in a first-world country where few people use cash anyway. This trend leads to dark places, but it's understandable that people just follow it.

But here? In this country. You really gotto be living in a rubber bubble to put up a sign like this.
 https://image.nostr.build/b0cec99aca9b8edc104bc8fc49bda627e575ac780984c5f9cbb32b6d13159229.jpg


Got #Bitcoin ? https://v.nostr.build/G297.mp4


Surfing = Low time preference = #Bitcoin
👇🏾📷👇🏾

One weekend. Two trials. Several surfers from our program in multiple age divisions spanning more than a decade.
🌊💥🏄🏾♂
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Search 'The World' cruise liner...


In a few decades a lot of Bitcoiners will realize that while wealth is nice, the lifestyle changes and virtues gained were the real prize.


What has Julian Assange really done? He is literally being punished for engaging in real journalism.

He reported about despicable war crimes committed by the US and other countries, and now they are making an example out of him.

It's happening in front of our eyes, and we are not able to do anything about it. It's an absolute shame.
https://video.nostr.build/5edecee81fc787b5269947a95b762b18aa7bb02db9f72198a09f9bd74919933a.mp4


A community of wealthy residents sailing across the globe full-time on a luxury liner?

No, it's not the plot line for a new Netflix movie. It really exists.

'The World', a private residential luxury cruise liner, the only one of its kind, stopped in Mossel Bay recently.
 https://image.nostr.build/d13344a4ae0f6d3a8393feb73d49b1f247d4016504f1169a5332bd30d6f6026f.jpg


We're gonna build a new centre to anchor our #Bitcoin circular economy.

And you can put your name on the building!

Get onto our supporters' page or reserve your spot on the building's walls. Either engraved alongside other supporters or on your own stainless steel plaque!

You could even decorate an entire wall on your own!

For more details and to donate visit our nostr:nprofile1qqs22d4tralncqfnh2kmmarjkxk8449hwnk5xtqe3y5yry6hy7ytegqefkqrk crowdfund page, hosted on our Voltage node, or our project page on nostr:nprofile1qqstdhxam7rxw5586xjwscsdj24fqhp93kzsh7xvjg7nnhc7mlh9aeczqf2t4  !

https://support.bitcoinekasi.com

https://geyser.fund/project/ekasicenter

LFG!!!

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😯wow!!


Travel tip: buying souvenirs is a waste.

Instead, just collect fiat notes from the countries you visit and keep them until you have enough to make something cool. Preferably #Bitcoin inspired.

I made this in 2019 and have almost collected enough notes to make another one.
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I used to listen to this stuff religiously when I was a teenager. Never really knew why. Not cognitively anyway. All I knew was, I was pissed off at something.

20 years later, I'm re-discovering it. But with a very different attitude. Back then, it made we wanna obliterate myself with drugs and alcohol.

Turns out it's dangerous to go down that path without a solution in mind.

However, with a possible solution, the same energy can be channeled to great effect.

Because this same stuff is the ultimate energizer to get out there and do something about all this shit.

I even listen to this with my kids, driving to school every morning. And they love it!

(Though I do filter the songs with seriously explicit language)

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"It's what you can buy with what you've got, that's what counts."

Precisely


Printing money causes inflation, explained by Scrooge McDuck in 1967, four years before Nixon ended the gold standard & kicked off 50+ years of printing money out of thin air.

Back then they explained the dangers of money printing to kids, now they hide it from everyone… https://v.nostr.build/ky2V.mp4


Go meet your tribe and feel the vibe!

Many more #bitcoin conferences around the year!

Use the code - Save sats
Bitcoin Alive in Australia
Or
Advancing Bitcoin in UK

LFG!
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Pull in, any time!


Good morning from Mossel Bay, South Africa.

It feels good to be alive.

There's always #Bitcoin, Nostr and rainbows.

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Imagine you believed everything you saw on the evening news or read in the local newspaper. (Imagine still buying newspapers!) Imagine you took politicians and bureaucrats at face value and questioned nothing they said, attributing their piss poor performance to bad luck.

I can't remember what that's like. It's been too long.

But I can't imagine that the number of people who live that way is growing.

Instead, I'd imagine it's shrinking. Rapidly.


The world is changing and this is the most exciting time to be alive. We face serious problems in the world today. But the bigger the problem, the greater the opportunity to be a part of the solution. And I can't think of anything more exciting than that.


That looks beautiful 😍


Never trust Central Banks. This is their face. They are scammers and criminals.

Go #bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/cc8932c6ffd5f67ea9224f3ae9f70ea922498f5bcaefe32930d59df966da9e08.png


“Every government explains its existence, and justifies its deeds of violence, by the argument that if it did not exist the condition of things would be very much worse.” - Leo Tolstoy


Understanding bitcoin is more crucial than accumulating bitcoin.

Without the former, you won't respect the latter.
 - nostr:npub14hn6p34vegy4ckeklz8jq93mendym9asw8z2ej87x2wuwf8werasc6a32x

#BitcoinTwitter
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Sparrow is available everywhere.


Definitely my favourite #Bitcoin wallet! And proudly South African too!

nostr:npub1hea99yd4xt5tjx8jmjvpfz2g5v7nurdqw7ydwst0ww6vw520prnq6fg9v2 Sparrow Wallet, super stoked with how this came out!

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Remember, Nostr loves Proof of Work. That means you don't need to be a developer to build on Nostr. You just need to interact, engage, and/or create content. Bring back true human interactions. You'll love it.


Among the many things I've learned thanks to Bitcoin is that, whatever the reasons may be, humans are incapable of learning things without first making costly mistakes.

I was on an international flight yesterday wearing my usual attire. #Bitcoin cap and t-shirt.

Two random individuals (two separate occasions) approached and asked exactly the same thing: "I see you're into #Bitcoin, do you trade?"

It's the first time this has happened in over two years. Not surprising, considering the week we've had.

But significant because, here we go. Again. 2013, 2017, 2021 and now 2024.

Lots of people will lose lots of money because they're asking the wrong questions.

And likely only a small minority of them will learn from those mistakes.

We're at the very beginning of wherever this is going.


Do the people buying up the ETFs realise that they're indirectly being philanthropic? They're contributing to the creation of wealth in a South African township where some people have been stacking sats throughout the entire bear market.


I firmly believe that fundamental to every human psyche is the need to do something for others. Whatever it may be. However large or small. Without any expectation of return. Perhaps it's buried under mountains of shit. But it's there. And until it's fulfilled, no human will ever find true peace and happiness.


Good morning.

Hodl. Spend. And fucking replace.

And ignore Dan Yelled.


primal not working on my desktop, replying to this using coracle.. first time trying this one


primal isn't working for me, maybe it's a firefox thing?


coracle, will give that a try


Am I the only idiot who can't use Nostr on a desktop? On mobile Amethyst works well, but on a desktop, I just can't seem to figure it out.


I think I realised why I'm intuitively drawn to Nostr.

Because I want to end war, or at least minimize it as far as possible. And we can't do that in a world that's increasingly being censored.

Yes, of course, there are dictators, sympathisers and vehement supporters that have succumbed to the propaganda. And this is true for all sides.

But, if calling them those names means you've found a way to avoid a deeper understanding of their reasoning, then you don't really want to end war.

Because you cannot end conflict if you don't first understand its deepest motivations.

You should not agree with the propagandists, warmongers, dictators, or anyone else who advocates for violence as a solution.

But you definitely should listen to them. Because how else will you understand them?

And, in a world where censorship is only increasing, without uncensorable communications protocol how will you continue listening?


I never imagined we'd have 60 Bitcoiners from all over the world make the journey to visit our little project.
🤯💥🧡✊🏽🌍🙏🏾

I'm humbled.

Thank you for attending the Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town conference, and for making the effort to come see the #Bitcoin circular economy we're building.
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I refuse to look at the home feed, but i still post there, from time to time, because some friends and family that are interested in what we do, use only facebook.


I can't remember and Facebook won't show me more than the first few lines of the comment.


I know SSH has something to do with sort of turning your computer into a sophisticated remote control. 😂😅


I'd have to check with them, but I don't think they're on here.

He wouldn't need my help though, the dude's a technical genius compared to me.


Wtf?! Facebook removed one of my posts. From three years ago😂

Ironically accusing me of trying to steal people's money, when in fact I was posting in an attempt to warn people against the MTI scam, which did steal money.

Are they really this desperate to demonstrate their willingness for censorship?
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LFG

#BitcoinEkasi nostr:npub1zkr064avsxmxzaasppamps86ge0npwvft9yu3ymgxmk9umx3xyeq9sk6ec https://i.nostr.build/WPBR.jpg


We teach #Bitcoin. And Bitcoin teaches so much more.

 nostr:npub1h5cmp8kys9dkzysv4wha3wuzruadalhtj82zyznscsx6fkw2efysje0yp0 🙏🏾🧡🌍✊🏽

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You can even download an app, that tells you when power goes on and off. And the app's name is as rude as it is hilarious
😂 🤣🤣🤣🤣


Yeah, sometimes up to 6-8 hours a day, rarely more than that, but it happens that it goes up to 12 hours a day. 2-4 hours is pretty normal, but overall it comes and goes. Some weeks there's no power cuts at all. Other weeks it can be hectic. People make a plan. Generally cell phone reception  stays on. So if you have a decent powerbank for the phone, you can manage.


At the upcoming nostr:npub1p0xmesqhftf7ga2v2hzdzz44ua059e70z7d9htur240p24y3a5xsn0deeh, we will consider a proposal and (potentially) help fund the establishment of a new #Bitcoin Circular Economy project in South Africa.

Something much like Bitcoin Beach and our own project, Bitcoin Ekasi.

However, it'll be different in that #Bitcoin AND #Nostr will serve as its foundational cornerstones.

If succesfull, the announcement will be made at the conference and soon after, on here.

Stay tuned.


Spotted in the wild locally. An OTC #bitcoin    exchange has taken over a payday loans place.

This is a prime example of Bitcoin replacing legacy finance scams.
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ぴよよょょ…（途中です）
明日残り塗ったらこれで一旦区切ろうねぇ…
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Help us cover the female Mamba rangers’ travel costs to nostr:npub1p0xmesqhftf7ga2v2hzdzz44ua059e70z7d9htur240p24y3a5xsn0deeh ! 🌟

🙏🏼 Please donate to or share our nostr:npub1kmwdmhuxvafg05dyap3qmy42jpwztrv9p0uvey3a8803ahlwtmnsnhxqk9  fundraiser:
Https://geyser.fund/project/theblackmambas/

➡ Through our nostr:npub19vzzf55uygvmg5cl2fft08frqv4gf8adeegsun00l0y8whyese3sg7fwka collaboration with Hermann from nostr:npub1zkr064avsxmxzaasppamps86ge0npwvft9yu3ymgxmk9umx3xyeq9sk6ec they will also be able to visit the Bitcoin Ekasi Center to explore what a bitcoin circular economy could mean for themselves and their own community.

➡ We need around 6.300.000 Sats to get 4 members of their team to the conference.
If we can not raise that much, we will try to get 2 members. If we would be able to raise more, the funds will be used to fund the community with sats.

➡ The @blackmambasapu participation will enable them to gain insights into adopting the Bitcoin technology for enhanced financial and transactional security within their local communities together with responsability for protecting their wildlife environment in a sustainable way. https://image.nostr.build/0ec4be01f7d4d25658f8ea1f479c76502bc44cc45d21def7da2a902c89893515.jpg


Never accept shitcoins. It’s bad for your soul. I will find another way. https://i.nostr.build/RJdB.jpg  nostr:note1q6q0njdra73psuqxmc0l6cvwd00jfm243xjue6rq4wlc3nfgvuqssplzqn


Respect 🫡


This will likely be the last year of damus. Will try my best to make this thing sustainable, but nostr clients don’t make money and I once funding runs dry its over as I can only burn saving for so long. Glad I was able to help play a small part in this regardless of what happens. Going to give it my all next year to try to keep the dream alive. Thanks for coming along for the ride ✌


Why do you nostr?


Because X'ing doesn't make sense...


I'm beginning to think that Elon Musk is a sponsored, controlled and fake hero.

The rebels need a hero, someone who they think stands up for them, against the powerful.

But the powers that be cannot (and will not) allow a real hero to rise that high.

The 'attacks' on him and his resistance against it, all seem a little staged.

That alone is reason enough to spend less time on twitter, and more time here.


It’s important for Canadians and policymakers across Canada to understand the important social and human rights impact that #Bitcoin is having around the world. nostr:npub1zkr064avsxmxzaasppamps86ge0npwvft9yu3ymgxmk9umx3xyeq9sk6ec in South Africa is an inspiring example among many, many examples worldwide. The Adopting Bitcoin Conference #AB24CPT in Cape Town, South Africa in Jan 2024 will  be another important opportunity for people to learn more about their work and how it can be adapted bby other communities.

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It's a funny world we live in.

The European Commission posting a warning aimed at Twitter/X, on Twitter/X.

"Hi, we're investigating you and we might ban you, because we don't like you. But, while you're still operational, let us post that announcement on your platform. Because you know, it is pretty useful."

And this is why I'm here. Because how am I gonna talk to freedom-minded people in Europe if Twitter/X can no longer operate there?

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Yes, they are.


"You wanna be decentralized. #Bitcoin is the only cryptocurrency that truly is decentralized and if you wanna build a powerful community it cannot rely on you."

https://video.nostr.build/45ef8920c30aca7eb7e0ace7926bf4c0b43f9e7a0a9b998850fcdedf1df5762b.mp4

The panel of community builders shares their experiences. 💪 We are all Satoshi! 😏

YT video here:
https://youtu.be/cjNCzIDUMlA

feat. nostr:npub1tjkc9jycaenqzdc3j3wkslmaj4ylv3dqzxzx0khz7h38f3vc6mls4ys9w3, nostr:npub1zkr064avsxmxzaasppamps86ge0npwvft9yu3ymgxmk9umx3xyeq9sk6ec, nostr:npub1lr2zzf989mvf393y0tv39ara6a4vddkd6y87z784up9vl6ks6j3qtudl6a & nostr:npub14j7wc366rf8efqvnnm8m68pazy04kkj8fgu6uqumh3eqlhfst0kqrngtpf


Helping to correct what I was a part of and learned. It’s not about Twitter. It’s about the corporate incentives.

A company can’t own the protocol, platform, and interface all in one. The protocol layer must be free.


I'm interacting with local government, more and more, thanks to the success of this project.

Had a meeting with the local mayor yesterday, which is the highest office of local government. And yes, we discussed #Bitcoin.

Talking to him, I realised that while it isn't ideal, it's not that much of a problem.

The problem is not local government making decisions for a town of 100k people, with whom they can realistically have a real relationship.

The real problem is national government making decisions for 60 million people. With whom there's no hope in hell to ever have a real relationship.

And that's not even mentioning supranational entities. That's just pure insanity.


can’t believe so many of you have you have stuck around for a year since this all started taking off. you the real ones. y’all are awesome 🫂


Empowering communities through #Bitcoin self-custody is a mission we hold close to our hearts at nostr:nprofile1qqsfy229w70e8lgtxavlz9t78k06yrel6fxyhreteafqet8kfxhhwmgpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqz9mhwden5te0dehhxarj9enx6apwwa5h5tnzd9aqz9rhwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjmczkwst2 .

Kudos to the amazing artists nostr:nprofile1qqs8kwxaeqt3nmf4tx9qntu394t696vz3w78qrsp6dfmkea2jwugqzqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhszrnhwden5te0dehhxtnvdakz7qgkwaehxw309ajkgetw9ehx7um5wghxcctwvshsswm8n3   and Junior Coach Sandiso Ntosho for making this awesome #BlockstreamJade mural.

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Super stoked with how this one came out!!!

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Appreciate the support! Several of our coaches have been saving, using the Jade hardware wallet, for over a year.

Self-custody #Bitcoin is the way.

https://video.nostr.build/013728ac63878f598ac9fe18dd95143ea79d6a8121236f52f04adb1d11f6d87c.mp4


If you take a moment to think about it, it is truly bizarre that the military arm of the world's largest government (and the most powerful military force on the planet) has spent trillions of dollars on wars in my lifetime, owns trillions in assets, asks for billions more every year, and assumes an air of superiority (and the moral high ground) when it comes to whatever everyone else is doing...

Yet they haven't passed a clean audit in years and people walk around, not only obvious to this fact but, even if they glanced at a headline, or saw it on TV, they probably wouldn't even give it a second thought.


Gear up for epic gaming! 🎮 Tomorrow we will having a game with our partners from nostr:npub1zkr064avsxmxzaasppamps86ge0npwvft9yu3ymgxmk9umx3xyeq9sk6ec!

We will be joined by @Sluslami, @LuthandoSABTC and their students for some engaging #Bitcoin    education!

Bitcoin Miner Quest for #Bitcoin Education! 🚀

#BitcoinGaming #JoinTheFun

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Gettin ready to put some Pinot Noir to bed for 18 months. Me and my son just doing the final inspection before hydrating the barrels.

Sporting my slick nostr:npub1zkr064avsxmxzaasppamps86ge0npwvft9yu3ymgxmk9umx3xyeq9sk6ec sweater that I paid for with #bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/7fee799d920bdaaaa61d19edc16426ce240fdf8ec0bfdc5b0e47d4e22994e331.jpg


Arrived in #Ghana for the second African Bitcoin conference! Excited about what's ahead & looking forward to our BFF meetup on Thursday at One Corner Garden, which is accepting BTC payments.

See you there! 🧡 #ABC24 https://image.nostr.build/3c401b9f9f9eb1403853f3776a8501b50ff1d010d0588a11ea985283c8390192.jpg


Absolutely phenomenal! Never imagined that this would happen in 2023.


Thrilled to share that Lekker Feeling has over 500k+ views across all platforms!

So happy that this film was so well received and we were able to share this story with the world.

Thank you for watching!

cc: nostr:npub1zkr064avsxmxzaasppamps86ge0npwvft9yu3ymgxmk9umx3xyeq9sk6ec https://image.nostr.build/e945c6cd14bad7efb27f6d99b7c903835ca74e66109016d30c94e72f0442ec89.jpg


Do you know about GAMA, Green Africa Mining Alliance, bringing together renewable #Bitcoin mining companies in Africa?

I think it's pretty cool. More than cool enough to make the effort of painting their logo, which, in itself, is a pretty rad design too!!

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http://gama.africa

https://video.nostr.build/deff3dbecd1972e7a49d91644142be6051910f10b3244bcfad3122a38f13d164.mp4


S&P downgraded the US federal government’s pristine AAA credit rating on August 5, 2011, because they (S&P) were “pessimistic” that Congress would be able to “stabilize the government’s debt dynamics anytime soon”.

And the agency projected the government’s debt would reach an unbelievable $20.1 trillion by 2021.

The US government got angry, accused S&P of fraud, then sued them. They eventually settled with a $1 billion fine.

As it turns out, despite being sued for fraud, S&P was wildly optimistic.

The US government debt reached $20.1 trillion, not in 2021, but 4 years ahead of their forecast, on September 8, 2017.

I think it's safe to say that, trusting your government with spending is the equavalent of letting a child pay themselves their own pocket money.


Sparrow v1.8.0 released with:

Transaction diagram captions
Larger and denser QR display
Search all open wallets
Airgapped message signing
Satochip and Krux support

And much more: https://github.com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/releases/tag/1.8.0

https://sparrowwallet.com/download/


UHURU PEAK ☑
5895m
PROOF OF WORK COMPLETE
🇹🇿⚡💜🏔
#PoWAKILI23

https://geyser.fund/project/powa https://cdn.nostr.build/i/f7732096e2a900bbf64aef7dd7976273a6f28b7f586cafbec5183bc26aca057b.jpg


Epic dude!!!


Super stoked to announce that we've received a Block and CashApp #Bitcoin    Discovery Grant!!!

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🧡🙏

So much to do, but first up, we'll be re-building the kids' skatepark!
🛹🤩

A task for which we've recruited Dallas Oberholzer, second from the right below.
👇👇

Dallas competed in Tokyo when skateboarding made its Olympic debut and he founded the Indigo Youth Movement, an organisation that uses skateboarding to keep children away from gangs and helps at-risk youth with social integration.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/aug/05/dallas-oberholzer-the-46-year-old-olympic-skateboarder-that-fended-off-a-jaguar

Having built parks around the world and (some of the best) in #SouthAfrica, with Dallas' help we can create something special here.

To attract people with skating.. only to guide them down the #Bitcoin rabbit hole, or rabbit bowl.

Come for the skating. Stay for the revolution.
✊🌍

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Let's gooooo! 🤟

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Nostr.


Nostr gives me hope too.


Less than three months to go until nostr:npub1p0xmesqhftf7ga2v2hzdzz44ua059e70z7d9htur240p24y3a5xsn0deeh!!!

Really excited for this!

Our mission is to get large privately-run non-governmental organizations, that are building parallel institutions, to adopt #Bitcoin and get thousands of their members onboard too.

The Executive Directors / CEO's of three of the largest such organizations in the country, Sakeliga, AfriForum and the Institute For Race Relations, will be speaking at the conference, addressing the need for #Bitcoin adoption and hopefully learning. From you. From Bitcoiners. From all over the world.

Please join us.

Ticket are available here:
 https://adoptingbitcoin.org/capetown-2024

And if you've got any questions, jump on the telegram group:

https://t.me/AB24CPT


Give nostr:npub1fcpmzcqvtpd0pzm37nq88qtuvjdhr2tl69rpyrspwqa2dmqs9gaq9css9y a follow, he's been working non-stop for three months, renovating The Surfer Kids HQ, which serves as the platform we're using to build a circular #Bitcoin economy.

Plus lots of very exciting projects coming up for The Surfer Kids & Bitcoin Ekasi, where he'll be overseeing operations, including a complete revamp of the kids' Diaz Beach skatepark.

The dude is an absolute legend when it comes to execution of complex projects!


The Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town conference is going to a unique experience. In South Africa, parallel institutions like Sakeliga, Afriforum and Solidariteit operate in an extremely effective manner to fill the vacuum left by an incompetent state.

What we aim to achieve with this conference is to bring these institutions and their members into a forum with Bitcoiners and let the magic happen.

Check out this interview between local South African bitcoiners, Hermann Viviers & Ricki Allardice about the conference, and what you can expect from it.
https://youtu.be/RlnMt6wxQ5A

You can grab your tickets to the conference here: https://adoptingbitcoin.org/capetown-2024/


Cape Town Bitcoin CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT:
Attention #Bitcoin township builders:

Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town
26 - 28 Jan, 2024

We hereby invite builders from South Africa's townships to apply for an attendance grant, to attend the Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town Conference.

If you live or work in a South African township, and you want to build with #Bitcoin, to encourage adoption at a grassroots level in your township, then this is for you!

The past two years have opened up a window for us. We've seen first-hand that #Bitcoin adoption can have a positive impact in a South African township setting and we'd like to use the Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town conference as a platform, to encourage further adoption at a grassroots level. Specifically within South Africa's townships.

We want to hear what you want to build. And if we like what we hear we want to help you attend the conference and (potentially) help fund your idea following the conference.

Whether it's a circular economy project, a soccer tournament with prize money paid in Bitcoin, Bitcoin education, or whatever you have in mind. As long as it encourages #Bitcoin adoption at a grassroots level, specifically in a South African township setting.

Proof of work for previous projects will be considered, but if this is your first time building something, do still apply. Lack of previous experience does not automatically disqualify you from consideration.

Send your proposal to:
capetown@adoptingbitcoin.org

No need to apply if you just want a free conference ticket and do not have the perseverance to actually build what you've proposed. Also, #Bitcoin only.

The conference organisers are not under any obligation to select any proposal. No amount of funding and/or support for attending the conference, and/or subsequent project support, is guaranteed and will depend entirely on proposals received and the discretion of organisers.

If you want to support this cause and contribute towards the fund, or sponsorship of the conference in general, please contact:
capetown@adoptingbitcoin.org

Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town 2024 is hosted by @Machankura8333 and organised under the @AdoptingBTC brand.

Conference website:
https://adoptingbitcoin.org/capetown-2024/

Find us on twitter:
@AdoptingBTCcpt

Official conference announcement:
https://twitter.com/BitcoinEkasi/status/1684858631643111424


Why host a Bitcoin conference in Cape Town?

South Africa is a world leader in government incompetency. It is what it is. But this situation has resulted in some world leading parallel institutions being built to fill the vacuum left by the state. Schools, colleges, security, community upliftment, electricity production, you name it, we have motivated individuals building it. These organizations are a shining light of what can be achieved through proof of work.

However, the missing piece of the puzzle is sound money. All of these organizations operate using our local currency, the Rand. They also make use of the local banking infrastructure. They stand to loose all that they have built should the Rand suffer a collapse, or should the banking infrastructure be weaponized against them by a malevolent state.

Bitcoiners have been building alternatives to the fiat system for the past 13 years. We understand that the seperation of money and state is vital for mankind to flourish. But we can't do this alone.

It's time we bring these two groups together. The builders of a sound society require sound money.

At Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town, we aim to make this happen.

Come join us in the most beautiful city on earth and be part of something great.


Paco is awesome, can't wait to see him again at Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town!

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Congratulations to the finalists and everyone who participated in the Build for Africa Hackathon! 👏⚡🚀

https://eventornado.com/event/build-for-africa-hackathon#home

@btrust_builders

@AfroBitcoinOrg

#Bitcoin

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I'd like to ask, what gives him hope?


How many folks use #bitcoin in South Africa's nostr:npub1zkr064avsxmxzaasppamps86ge0npwvft9yu3ymgxmk9umx3xyeq9sk6ec

Here is the YouTube link :
youtu.be/P8A_R-09WTY

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My first piece for nostr:npub1t8a7uumfmam38kal4xaakzyjccht4y5jxfs4cmlj0p768pxtwu8skh56yu

Thank you nostr:npub1n0arukddjfs69cztsqy2qcsllqpzsk3748ccz40p9jrsagsl4hqsv3gvx5 , nostr:npub1yyt2uhvjsdfqpfuqe4e9k0ft4cy6ln0z2jv2unvywj49hmhx4tkqw0vz67 , nostr:npub1zkr064avsxmxzaasppamps86ge0npwvft9yu3ymgxmk9umx3xyeq9sk6ec , nostr:npub10vudmjqhr8kn2kv2pxhezt2h5t5c9zauwq8qr56nhdn64yacsqyqf08djm , nostr:npub1fnn2h0tgm2mwnl0kar5ez25wztum2w0q0rrrf326n0ljn999znwsqf4xnx , nostr:npub1v466lnw2qhfykp0ed29pt683zz0hg57xhz4jzwqx8qk76u2n04sq6w03nr for taking the time to speak with me. I’m immensely grateful for it.

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/africa-the-new-land-of-the-free

#bitcoin #africa


15 years. https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf


Oh, yes!


The Nostr is a global protocol. Having a universal translator brings us all closer together. I'm happy to see other client apps do this.Though, Amethyst's translate feature is sometimes helpful and then other times not so much 😂

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The fact that Elon Musk's title is "Technoking" and Jack Dorsey's title is "Block Head", speaks volumes.

One is about ego, and one is not. But more importantly we can see the difference in their actions more than titles from there.

Elon wants to build Twitter or the shitty name "X" into the next WeChat, with himself as the leader. He has literally said this. I used to be able to report bots on Twitter easily for many years, but now I have to show a drivers' ID to report someone that copies my persona even as a 600k following paid blue check, and so I don't bother anymore, and therefore bots proliferate. And if you don't pay for reach, you get devalued. Only in the past few months have I had to show my ID to report my countless bot copiers if I want to report them on Twitter/X. And so their rate of removal has decreased. If my Nym differs a bit from my name, well LET'S FILE SOME TPS REPORTS!!!! (which wasn't previously the case). And so as bots proliferate, and as Musk fails to contain bots as he promised he would and bragged about with memes, he will instead reference his own self-created bot problem as a reason to require even more ID requirements and try to build his US version of the Chinese Communist Party WeChat app. This is exactly what governments do. In my professional opinion, after careful consideration, Elon Musk can ::check notes::  politely go fuck himself, and those who worship him should reconsider what exactly they show blind obedience toward.

Meanwhile, nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m helps improve the Bitcoin network and the Nostr network and has put capital into them in various ways, and Bitcoin and Nostr have no leader. The fact that Bitcoin and Nostr have no leader, is specifically why Jack puts time and capital into them. He funds many different companies, and for bitcoin, Cash App has been among the networks to incorporate Lightning early. Yes, Cash App deals with domestic compliance issues. But they are trying, and they are early. Their network can connect to many others, like an email provider using SMTP to connect to many others. They're open, they're trying. And now they are making Bitkey, which helps with self custody. They're certainly not a directional enemy of freedom in the way that Twitter/X has been.

Companies that incorporate open networks with various levels of compliance trump companies that purposely don't adopt open networks and instead push new ID requirements, in my book.

+10 Jack
-10 Elon
Any day of the week.


Yup, 100%

I read the new biography on Elon, and it's pretty clear that he hasn't internalized the struggle with his own demons and so instead, because of his position, it's playing out on the world stage.


💯 that was an awesome film!


It's ironic that the cause of many of the world's problems (excessive government spending) will also likely be the most popular solution offered by politicians in years to come.

Humankind is hopelessly drunk on fiat, doesn't want the party to stop, and is demanding more booze despite being too incapacitated to even get up, never mind walk straight.


Gonna laugh so hard if someday Greenpeace has their accounts frozen and they need to use #Bitcoin.
 - nostr:npub1excellx58e497gan6fcsdnseujkjm7ym5yp3m4rp0ud4j8ss39js2pn72a

#BitcoinTwitter
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There is a growing and glaring reluctance by some people to make any effort to even ask "why?" before labelling something as bad and/or dangerous.


#Bitcoin and freedom of speech go hand in hand.

You cannot transact freely if you cannot also communicate freely.

Which is why I absolutely love how the Lugano Plan B Forum placed such a big emphasis on both. Particularly on the fight to free Julian Assange.

Censorship anywhere is reprehensible. But it's particularly insidious when it's carried out by governments who, in act of reprehensible hypocrisy, carry out the worst types of censorship while preaching freedom of speech to others and label as authoritarian any regime that doesn't live up to ideals they themselves only pay lip service to.

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Just arrived in Lugano, for the PlanB Forum, in time to see Julian Assange's family, John Shipton, nostr:npub1dcgppk89h9flnffrznvhhj2vt9a0ym23ht5gk07l9j8m6l5k95qsze06js and nostr:npub1xw7h0efeg5s8gla2uyu55jh4lfrlgppcjemrwkmdc7lgvhkcz3fqpvumsa talk about their ongoing fight to free Julian.

I'm inspired by people, who against the strongest adversaries imaginable, continue fighting for freedom and truth.

Julian's prosecution is an attempt to scare people, who may otherwise speak out, into not upsetting the status quo of the world's power structures.

But that is precisely what needs to happen for a better future to emerge.

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Heading to Lugano tomorrow for the PlanB Forum.

nostr:npub10vudmjqhr8kn2kv2pxhezt2h5t5c9zauwq8qr56nhdn64yacsqyqf08djm looks contemplative going into his first public talk, at his first #Bitcoin conference, on his first trip outside South Africa.

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In Zurich, at the top of Grossmunster Church, headed to Lugano tomorrow for PlanB Forum.

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Cool! nostr:npub1xnf02f60r9v0e5kty33a404dm79zr7z2eepyrk5gsq3m7pwvsz2sazlpr5 is upping the ante for lightning wallets ⚡🤘

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Watching Splicing play out is interesting. Every receive costs you thousands in sats because Acinq is being ruthless with any sort of inbound liquidity. Basically a Muun at this point if there's an on chain transaction each time.

And every send costs 0.5% which can also be thousands in sats. And as a phoenix user you get no options to work around it, it only works with the Acinq LSP.

When you offer no competition and lock in wallets to a single LSP, and require wallets to be liquidity providers as well, you get this delimma.

The seperation of wallets and liquidity is VERY important as we progress this ecosystem.

Offering a great wallet should not depend on being Bitcoin rich and charging visa level fees.

https://stacker.news/items/285511


In 2012, Julian sounded a warning, what he called a watchman's shout into the night:

“Recall that states are the systems which determine where and how coercive force is consistently applied.

The question of how much coercive force can seep into the platonic realm of the internet from the physical world is answered by cryptography and the cypherpunk's ideals.

As states merge with the internet and the future of our civilization becomes the future of the internet, we must redefine force relations.

If we do not, the universality of the internet will merge global humanity into one giant grid of mass surveillance and mass control.”

He published this in 2012.

The censors are not just after Julian and WikiLeaks. The objective is not simply to suppress recent history. Julian's ongoing imprisonment has emboldened the censors.

They have turned their sights to the present, seeking the total control over the public domain itself. Our voice and our ears, our collective reality.

A world in which Julian is free is a world that will continue to build initiatives that that recognize what we're up against.

Free Julian, free us all.

My full Bitcoin Amsterdam keynote:

https://youtu.be/_66-eujGlxo?si=XfPvxnJtDLdGbONS https://video.nostr.build/349b651fae0ead94f44838045d5ec52d388c3a4233fc52494eaac38a6b09bed3.mov


Thank you for fighting the good fight.


If you bought #Bitcoin because you thought an ETF was approved and then sold it because you found out it wasn't, then you definitely don't understand Bitcoin and/or the reasons for buy and (not) selling it.

Go do some homework.

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Use sparrow wallet to see raw transaction data.

Identify an out and identify the value of the output

Sparrow helps with this, as does this:
https://developer.bitcoin.org/reference/transactions.html

In the example above, the output value is highlighted in black (that's the number of sats)

it's written in reverse hexadecimal: 703e380000000000

first reverse the order, here: https://learnmeabitcoin.com/tools/swapendian/?hexadecimal

you get: 0000000000383e70

Then convert from hexadecimal, to decimal here: https://www.rapidtables.com/convert/number/hex-to-decimal.html

3686000 sats

divided by 100 000 000 = 0.03686 BTC


Very much, yes.


really cool that in less than a year, nostr has become the main place i go to when i’m on my phone.

i used to post on instagram & twitter frequently, but i find it much more fulfilling to post pictures/notes on nostr. it’s not the zaps, or the clients doing, but rather the serene & solace feeling nostr encapsulates.

after being raised by the internet in its later years, i finally get the chance to breath and be able to experience what the internet felt like in the beginning. no utter dread. no engagement farming, & manipulation advertisement tactics.

this is how it was supposed to be.


I thought Boltz only does lightning to on-chain?

Does it also do vice-versa, on-chain to lightning?


Privacy is not secrecy.

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So happy, I almost jumped out of my chair yesterday when I figured out how to look at the raw data of a #Bitcoin UTXO and 'read', or decipher, the value of the transaction in sats.

And yes, I can confirm, it is denominated in sats.

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I was afraid someone would say that... i have particular channel that's private and only ever used for outgoing payments, long story why, but it's for good reason, the problem os how to top it up with liquidity on my side, without closing and reopening channels again and again.


Using ThunderHub, is there an easy way to check whether there's a path between peers, for re-balancing channels, without manually trying different combinations?

I'm learning to run a #Bitcoin lightning node. It's a slow and ongoing process, but there's lots of progress.

The idea being that this becomes the organization's primary means of making all financial transactions. Eventually.

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Assuming the worst, how do we pay one another if we can't talk with one another? And what's the point of talking if we can't also transact? Just thinking where we might be, if the trajectory deteriorates...


In less than a week we depart for LuganoPlanB !!!

It'll be the first time that nostr:npub10vudmjqhr8kn2kv2pxhezt2h5t5c9zauwq8qr56nhdn64yacsqyqf08djm flies on a plane and travels outside South Africa...

And it'll be the first time he presents in front of a real audience.

He'll be talking about the challenges and successes of onboarding shops in the township to accept #Bitcoin as payment. And he should know. He's the man who onboarded most of the township spaza shops, beginning in Aug 2021.

He's been working for The Surfer Kids since 2019 and was the organization's only remaining full-time staff member following the covid lockdowns.

When we launched Bitcoin Ekasi (as a subsidiary project of The Surfer Kids) it was just me and him.

He's got an interesting story to share and he's been practising his presentation every day, for several weeks.

nostr:npub18kmp3dwwwap4t0agtcejrll6jdea2w7rnexxa3xaa2nu85259nfqd8r3fs thank you for the help with preparations, wouldn't have gotten this far without it.

We are definitely ready to rock-n-roll!
🤘🧡😎
 Super excited for this!!
🤩🇿🇦🌍

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An uncensorable communications protocol needs an uncensorable monetary protocol, and vice versa. Looking at where the world is headed, I don't think one can win without the other.


You should really buy nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a ‘s book if you haven’t already.

Lyn’s writes how she speaks; clearly, concisely, and with analytical logic that is, at the same time, not in the least antiseptic.

“The ability to debase coinage to pay for a war allows the war to happen first and the costs to be partially delayed, which increases the probability of war happening and increases the scale to which it may occur.” https://i.nostr.build/mQk5.jpg


“We have built an uncensorable social media protocol so that you can post your most controversial thoughts without getting cancelled”

nostr users: “gm frens”


Yo, dude, awesome interview on What Bitcoin Did!


If he didn't know before, then I think it's safe to say that South Africa's top professional surfer, and WSL Championship Tour veteran, Jordy Smith, now knows at least two things:

1.
#Bitcoin is a thing.

2.
It's colour is orange.

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Political maps are a PsyOp.

Every "peoples" has been a conquerer and conquered.

Keep scrolling back in time.
No saints, just humans being human.


Truth wins, because reality wins.

If it's you VS. reality, then... well, good luck with that.

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If you say you want to "end racism" you should stop assuming that other people are racist based on... race. That is, well, racist.


Find out more about the theme of the upcoming Cape Town Bitcoin conference in this episode https://youtu.be/RlnMt6wxQ5A


People who use the words 'conspiracy theory', 'misinformation', 'disinformation', 'malinformation', etc., etc., to dismiss ideas they don't want to consider (because the implications are too scary to even contemplate) are going to find it increasingly difficult to make sense of this world.

I'm not religious, at least not in the traditional sense of the word, but I do think we're living in a sort of 'end-of-times' scenario, where great 'revelations' are imminent.

(Except the world doesn't end and there's a bright future ahead.)

Two things are blatantly obvious, if you pay any attention whatsoever:

1.
Potentially true information is being suppressed (in various ways by various people) if it does not serve the dominant narrative.

2.
But, eventually, truth always prevails.


Absolutely love this one, freshly painted by nostr:npub10vudmjqhr8kn2kv2pxhezt2h5t5c9zauwq8qr56nhdn64yacsqyqf08djm and crew!

The dung beetle is the perfect metaphor for #Bitcoin mining powering mini-grids in #Africa.

Love what the people at Gridless is building! nostr:npub1q0al05h2uvtj0fp8ww7etl0pdjnkum638ynz9tmku3e522fyvlmqjq04mt

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Good news is we’ve got full connectivity. Now testing all patch cables and PDUs. But a few miners are already hashing!

This bonding service makes a huge difference on dropped packets. https://nostr.build/av/7f0fcc557f99a148bd8214b402ec6abb706dd2314aa8720eeba7e6c49932cc36.mov


This is much appreciated! Will be put to great use, educating through practical demonstration the use of Bitcoin as tool for South Africa's townships!

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GM. Cape Town is the most beautiful city on earth and it's about time it had a Bitcoin conference.


This video from #[0] inspired us to create a new section on https://bitcoin.rocks - BITCOIN & EQUALITY

It's well worth the watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8vlzaDSNY0


Working on it. This is gonna be a good one. Stay tuned for end result.

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Just connected to it.


Stop asking for permission. #nostr

Featuring nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m (audio pulled from  nostr:npub1lelkh3hhxw9hdwlcpk6q9t0xt9f7yze0y0nxazvzqjmre3p98x3sthkvyz ⬅ follow him) and a bunch of Nostriches.

#stayfree

https://v.nostr.build/dPaY.mp4


Love and peace.


#Bitcoin is a test of faith in human conscience.

Because it's permissionless and uncensorable Bitcoin works for ordinary people, as well as it works for freedom fighters, activists, drug dealers and warlords.

Therefore, if you choose to help spread Bitcoin adoption, you accept that people can (and will) use it for whatever they decide. And, if they use it well, there's nothing anyone can do about it. Which means you believe that, given that freedom, most people will make decisions that contribute to a better world.

The good will outweigh the bad.

What isn't so obvious is that the inverse is also true.

People who actively oppose Bitcoin adoption believe that, given any real freedom, most people will make detrimental decisions. They have little faith in human conscience. And ultimately, there's the underlying belief that a better world isn't really possible. Only that we should prevent (through control) something worse than what we've already got.

Well I say fuck that.

A better world is possible.


Russel Brand needs Nostr.


What freedom technologies are there?

Bitcoin - money
nostr - communication

What else?


Home solar - electricity


Did you know that you can download the Bitcoin Whitepaper directly from the timechain? 🤯 Yep! That means if a scammer and silly laws make https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf not available in your country, you can still download it from your very own #Bitcoin node. 🤙

bitcoin-cli getrawtransaction 54e48e5f5c656b26c3bca14a8c95aa583d07ebe84dde3b7dd4a78f4e4186e713 0 00000000000000ecbbff6bafb7efa2f7df05b227d5c73dca8f2635af32a2e949 | sed 's/0100000000000000/\n/g' | tail -n +2 | cut -c7-136,139-268,271-400 | tr -d '\n' | cut -c17-368600 | xxd -p -r > ./bitcoin.pdf


We have a Relay in Cape Town you should use it. wss://purplerelay.com


ABP308 - Adopting Bitcoin comes to Cape Town, South Africa

. npub1zkr064avsxmxzaasppamps86ge0npwvft9yu3ymgxmk9umx3xyeq9sk6ec is a circular economy project based in Mossel Bay, built after the model of Bitcoin Beach. Together with a Machankura, a project aiming to give people without an internet-connected device a way to send and receive Bitcoin payments, they will be hosting the Adopting Bitcoin conference in Cape Town in January 2024. The Bitcoin conference will convene experts, advocates and innovators from around the world to dive into the topics of Bitcoin, self-sovereignty and parallel institutions. We chat with Hermann and npub1773r2y5zl3sa7xufmye96un3hf02rse8j82hkd45ps0wvk2hrkasslesjt about bitcoin in Africa, the various initiatives to further its adoption and the upcoming conference.

Available on podcast sites:
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/adoptingbitcoin/episodes/ABP308---Adopting-Bitcoin-comes-to-Cape-Town--South-Africa-e29gjf9

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I'm stuck in a conundrum.

I refuse to believe in politicians. Too many have inspired hope, only to disappoint.

And then there's Bukele...


Tyranny through surveillance need not be implemented through force.

People will opt in for the sake of convenience.

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Bourbon Street Blues and Boogie Bar  Nashville, Tennessee.

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Excited to announce nostr:npub13v47pg9dxjq96an8jfev9znhm0k7ntwtlh9y335paj9kyjsjpznqzzl3l8 will be joining the Damus team as our first official employee! Daniel will be helping with Damus to make it the best experience on iOS while we build out our client tech for desktop and android. Thanks to nostr:npub10pensatlcfwktnvjjw2dtem38n6rvw8g6fv73h84cuacxn4c28eqyfn34f for even making this possible! Welcome Daniel!


Damus for Android, yes!!!


pretty sure nostr onboards billions of people to bitcoin


Howzit Nashville!


Just landed


Kwallos shop, owned by Nosihle (center) first onboarded to accept #Bitcoin by nostr:npub10vudmjqhr8kn2kv2pxhezt2h5t5c9zauwq8qr56nhdn64yacsqyqf08djm in August 2021 and still going strong, two years later!

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I have a bluecheck on twitter😂😅


🇯🇵 HELP NEEDED🇯🇵
I'll be in Japan for 4 weeks starting mid October. I am working on three MASSIVE projects: #bitcoin #nostr & #nuclearenergy documentaries

I am looking for locals who want to be part of the production and help out!

Any help highly appreciated 🧡 https://image.nostr.build/ea6e0b8fe5a5750a31f5ab3a654b05112de27480cb170591803ba981f78edcb9.jpg


Love your films, keep it up!


Grateful to have so many awesome people working on nostr 💜 #gratefulchain


You ask why "Bitcoiners are so toxic"?

Because they realise that #Bitcoin is a once-in-a-decade chance to break the chains of an oppressive and slave-like monetary system, while you think yield farming sushi rolls is the revolutionary technology. That's why, anon. We’re not the same. That's why. https://cdn.nostr.build/i/3626945bfdc66e3664cd7b91c588242a0a6ce96bb232986a9790676c7fe4e8c2.jpg


It is a pleasure to participate in anything that nostr:npub1yn4mddvdpwvy49jmwmuze600lpu4ej2sskjdp80dc455nm2edtdqaztec0 is working on.

Let's kick it up a notch.

https://video.nostr.build/0ecf724995d7304dcbbdd94be994f7f2c197ce31d6c11b1296d5127d9534e58f.mp4


send me your Wallet of Satoshi lightning address and I will show you something cool


bitcoinekasi@walletofsatoshi.com


I've been married for 13 years. We have two kids. Like all married couples with kids, we argue. Sometimes a lot. The trick is not to try and eliminate arguments, that'll never happen, but to get a better perspective as soon as possible. Identify the conflict-driven narratives we tell ourselves.

I share this because it was the first thing that came to mind this morning, as I tried to contextualize the difference between Nostr and Twitter while following two different conversations on the two (very) different platforms.

I've never had a large following on any social media. Not until Bitcoin Ekasi. The Twitter profile there has 16k+ followers, not massive, but by far the largest following I've ever had on any social media.

And what I've noticed is that I get disproportionately 'rewarded' with likes, comments and engagements for writing polarizing and potentially conflict-creating tweets.

Yes, other tweets also do well, but the ones that generate arguments do better.

The difference, I feel, between Twitter and Nostr is like the difference between two moments in a typical marriage.

In one moment you're fighting with your partner, driven more and more, as the conflict escalates, by your own selfish desire to be right. In the next moment (or many moments later) you realise which part of the argument was driven by that desire for conquest and which part (more often than not the smaller part) was driven by actual differences.

Maybe I'm wrong, but when I read comments on Nostr, it just feels like there's more clarity in the conversation, compared to Twitter.

Of course, this description risks being a gross overgeneralization, but it describes the feeling I was left with after two very different interactions.


This is where we're building a circular Bitcoin economy. The townships outside Mossel Bay.

Does #Bitcoin belong here?

I recognize that Bitcoin is not for everyone.

It is for anyone. Anyone can choose to adopt it. But it is a choice some will inevitably choose not to make.

Does it belong where the unemployment rate is sky high, 40 - 60%, where people live without basics like running water and where you wouldn't expect people to be interested in (or capable of) saving?

It is a question we intend to answer with practical experience. Boots on the ground and in the mud.

And, so far, after two years of running this experiment, it's clear that there's a need for something that gives anyone that choice.

That's the beauty, anyone can make that choice. There's never been anything else quite like it.

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Well, i post stuff here that I don't post there, so yeah. Besides, i can that gradually balancing out very much in favour of here, and not there.